SOIL Referencing Guide
(updated Jul 2022)
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How to do citations in SOIL style?
This is the Citationsy guide to SOIL citations, reference lists, in-text citations, and bibliographies.
This is the Citationsy guide to SOIL citations, reference lists, in-text citations, and bibliographies.
The complete, comprehensive guide shows you how easy citing any source can be. Referencing books, youtube videos, websites, articles, journals, podcasts, images, videos, or music in SOIL.

How do you cite a book in the SOIL referencing style? (2022 Guide)
Books are written works or compositions that have been published, many of which might be in digital version. Here’s how to cite a book in SOILHere’s an example book citation in SOIL using placeholders:
Last Name, F. N.: Title, Edition., edited by E. F. N. Editor Last Name, Publisher, City., 2000.
SOIL citation:
Angelou, M.: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1st ed., Random House, New York., 1969.
How to reference a journal article in the SOIL citation style?
How do you cite scientific papers in SOIL format?
Do you need help referencing or citing a research paper in SOIL? Here’s howHere’s a SOIL journal citation example using placeholders:
Author1 LastnameA. F. and Author3 LastnameA. F.: Title, Container, Volume(Issue), pages Used, doi:DOI, 2000.
Petit, C. and Sieffermann, J.: Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?, , 18(1), 161-172, doi:10.1016/j.foodqual.2006.05.008, 2007.
How to cite a website in a paper in SOIL style?
You probably find a lot of useful information on websites while browsing the web. Here’s a simple guide on how to cite any website in SOILHere’s an SOIL example website reference:
Author1 LastnameA. F. and Author2 LastnameA. F.: Title, [online] Available from: https://www.example.com (Accessed 3 July 2022), 2000.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083
on The Guardian website:
Tran, M.: Barack Obama To Be America’s First Black President, [online] Available from: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/05/uselections20083 (Accessed 3 July 2022), 2008.
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How to cite a YouTube video SOIL in 2022
Are you watching a YouTube video and found something worth sharing in your research paper? Here’s how to cite a YouTube video in SOILHere’s a SOIL citation YouTube video example:
ChannelName: Title, YouTube [online] Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXX (Accessed 3 July 2022), 2000.
Pixar: Pizza Clip — Inside Out, YouTube [online] Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6rntBADUQ (Accessed 3 July 2022), 2015.
How to cite a podcast using SOIL referencing style
Citing a podcast in SOIL is pretty straight forward. Here’s how you can do itIt is becoming more and more common to reference podcasts in essays or other school work.
Here’s how to reference a podcast it in SOIL.
Lastname, F.: Title, [online] Available from: http://www.example.com (Accessed 3 July 2022), 2000.
This American Life: 640: Five Women, [online] Available from: https://thisamericanlife.org/640/five-women (Accessed 3 July 2022), 2018.
How to cite a piece of music or a song using SOIL referencing style?
Would you like to cite more songs in your essays and have no idea how to do it? No matter if you want to cite a record, lyrics to a song, or a whole song, here’s how to easily do it in SOILAn example song citation in SOIL.
Lastname, F.: Song Title. [online] Available from: http://www.example.com (Accessed 3 July 2022), 2000.
The Beatles: Here Comes the Sun. [online] Available from: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/here-comes-the-sun/401186200?i=401187150 (Accessed 3 July 2022), 1969.
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